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The body of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi lies on a mattress a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

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The body of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi lies on a mattress a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011. The burial of slain leader Muammar Qaddafi has been delayed until the circumstances of his death can be further examined and a decision is made about where to bury the body, Libyan officials said Friday, as the U.N. human rights office called for an investigation into his death.

Credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo

The body of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi lies on a mattress a commercial freezer at a shopping center in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

Credit: AP Photo/Manu Brabo

A Pakistani reads a local morning newspaper with the front page featuring a photo and story of Muammar Qaddafi at a newspaper stand in Islamabad, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter stands outside drainage pipes where ousted Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi was captured, as the body of a loyalist lies on the ground, in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011.

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Libyans celebrate after the Friday prayers in Tripoli's Martyrs Square on Oct. 21, 2011, one day after the killing of Muammar Qaddafi with Libya's leaders facing huge pressure to proclaim the country's liberation and move toward democracy.

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Libyans line up to view Muammar Qaddafi's body at a shopping centre in Misrata, Libya, Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

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Libyans take pictures with their mobile phones of the body of Muammar Qaddafi in Misrata on October 20, 2011.

Libyans take pictures with their mobile phones of the body of strongman Muammar Qaddafi in Misrata on October 20, 2011. The veteran strongman was killed on as new regime forces crushed the last pocket of resistance in his hometown Sirte, the National Transitional Council said.

A Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighter looks through a large concrete pipe where ousted Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi was allegedly captured, with a dead loyalist gunman in the foreground, in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011.

This image made available by the Al Jazeera television channel, claims to show former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, after he was killed at an undisclosed location in Libya, Thursday Oct. 20, 2011. Libya's information minister said Qaddafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell.

A woman cleans her shop in front TV's displaying a Spanish News channel showing the body of Muammar Qaddafi after announcement of the former leader's death, in Pamplona, northern Spain Thursday Oct. 20, 2011. Libya's information minister said Muammar Qaddafi was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after the regime fell. Amid the fighting, a NATO airstrike blasted a fleeing convoy that fighters said was carrying Qaddafi.

A Libyan reacts to the death of Muammar Qaddafi outside the Libyan Embassy in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Qaddafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte. The U.N. chief is calling for national unity and reconciliation, not revenge, in Libya following the death of Muammar Qaddafi.

A Libyan woman celebrates Muammar Qaddafi's death in front of the Libyan Embassy in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. Muammar Qaddafi, who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years until he was ousted by his own people in an uprising that turned into a bloody civil war, was killed Thursday when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his hometown, Sirte, the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.

Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) fighters celebrate in the coastal city of Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011 after the final bastion of resistance by forces loyal strongman Muammar Qaddafi fell to fighters of the new regime.

A wounded Libyan rebel fighter being helped by other fighters in Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Libyan revolutionary forces fought building by building against the final pocket of resistance in Muammar Qaddafi's hometown, the last major city in Libya to have been under the control of forces loyal to the fugitive leader.

A revolutionary fighter fires at Qaddafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Muammar Qaddafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control.

Libyan rebel fighters fire their machine guns toward loyalist positions down town Sirte, Libya, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011. Libyan revolutionary forces fought building by building Wednesday against the final pocket of resistance in Muammar Qaddafi's hometown _ the last major city in Libya to have been under the control of forces loyal to the fugitive leader.

A revolutionary fighter fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Qaddafi loyalists in downtown Sirte, Libya, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. About 1,000 Libyan revolutionary troops have launched a major assault on Muammar Qaddafi's hometown, surging from the east to try to capture the last area under loyalist control.